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Martín Alexis Menem (born 19 April 1975) is an Argentine lawyer, businessman and politician, elected national deputy for La Rioja. He served as provincial deputy of La Rioja between 2021 and 2023. He was appointed to preside over the presidency of the
He was a candidate for governor of La Rioja, in the provincial elections of May 2023. He was defeated, coming third with 14.70% of the votes, against the Peronist candidate Ricardo Quintela who obtained 52.63% of the votes. His application generated controversies in the province, highlighting that he did not live there 30 years ago.
He was elected national deputy in the 2023 legislative elections, representing La Rioja, for La Libertad Avanza (which had been founded as a provincial party in said district) with 38.01% of the votes. Although, on 7 December, he was elected as president of the Chamber of Deputies by all the parliamentary blocs, with the exception of the Left Front bloc, which abstained, as it traditionally does.
Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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as of December 10, 2023.
Early life and career
Martín was born on 19 April 1975, in the Argentine province of La Rioja. Son of the former senator, Eduardo Menem and the social worker, Susana Cristina Valente, he is the nephew of former presidentCarlos Menem
Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) served as the 50th president of Argentina for ten years, from 1989 to 1999. He identified as Peronism, Peronist, serving as President of the Justicialist Party for 13 years (from 1990 to 200 ...
. At the age of fifteen he moved to the City of Buenos Aires
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.
In 1997, after studying law at the Universidad de Belgrano, he obtained his law degree. He later founded “Gentech”, a dietary supplement company.
In May 2002, he was kidnapped in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Núñez and released three hours later in Bernal, Quilmes district, after paying a ransom of 1,800 pesos. According to judicial and police sources, Menem was kidnapped along with three friends by eight men in three vehicles. However, both Menem and his family denied the incident, insisting that nothing strange had happened.
Political career
He entered politics in 2021 with the help ofLa Libertad Avanza
La Libertad Avanza (LLA; Spanish for "Liberty Advances") is a political coalition and party in Argentina. LLA was formed as an electoral alliance in 2021, and as a nationwide party in 2024. It has been described as conservative and ultraconser ...
, the coalition led by Javier Milei
Javier Gerardo Milei (born 22 October 1970) is an Argentine politician and economist who has served as President of Argentina since 2023. Milei also served as a national deputy representing the City of Buenos Aires for the party La Libertad ...
, with whom he held a joint electoral event, this being the only one carried out by him outside the City of Buenos Aires.
He was elected provincial deputy with 11.55% of the votes, in the 2021 provincial elections, with the Union of the Democratic Center for the Capital department (UCEDE).
He was a candidate for governor of La Rioja, in the provincial elections of May 2023. He was defeated, coming third with 14.70% of the votes, against the Peronist candidate Ricardo Quintela who obtained 52.63% of the votes. His application generated controversies in the province, highlighting that he did not live there 30 years ago.
He was elected national deputy in the 2023 legislative elections, representing La Rioja, for La Libertad Avanza (which had been founded as a provincial party in said district) with 38.01% of the votes. Although, on 7 December, he was elected as president of the Chamber of Deputies by all the parliamentary blocs, with the exception of the Left Front bloc, which abstained, as it traditionally does.
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